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 GWCS - Generalized World Coordinate System
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@@ -30,17 +32,12 @@ GWCS takes a general approach to the problem of expressing transformations betwe
 
 For complete features and usage examples see the `documentation`_ site.
 
-Note
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-Beginning with version 0.9 GWCS requires Python 3.5 and above.
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-
 Installation
 ------------
 
 To install::
 
-    pip install gwcs  # Make sure pip >= 9.0.1 is used.
+    pip install gwcs 
 
 To clone from github and install the master branch::